How many wind farms are in Colorado?

Colorado has 34 operating utility-scale wind farms with 5.9 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.

What is the largest wind farm in Colorado?

Rush Creek Wind in Elbert County, Colorado is the largest, at 600 MW. It came online in 2018.

How many wind farms were built in Colorado in 2025?

0 wind farms came online in Colorado in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.

Who is developing wind farms in Colorado?

Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.

Wind farms in Colorado

Colorado has 34 operating wind farms with 5.9 GW of capacity.

Operating34

See planned wind farms in Colorado

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Under 50 MW50–249 MW250 MW and up

Updated monthly. Last updated November 2026.

Colorado had 23 wind farms online in 2016 and 34 in 2026

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Wind farms online at the end of each year. Source: EIA-860M, compiled by Cleanview.

The 10 largest wind farms in Colorado

Operating, by capacity

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Rush Creek Wind	Elbert County	2018	600 MW
2	Dusty Rose Wind	Kit Carson County	2026	502 MW
3	Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm	Cheyenne County	2020	498 MW
4	Cedar Creek Wind	Weld County	2007	301 MW
5	Bronco Plains Wind, LLC	Kit Carson County	2020	300 MW
6	Cedar Point Wind	Lincoln County	2011	252 MW
7	Golden West Power Partners LLC	El Paso County	2015	250 MW
8	Cedar Creek II	Weld County	2011	248 MW
9	Niyol Wind, LLC	Logan County	2021	206 MW
10	Logan Wind Energy	Logan County	2007	201 MW

Wind farms that came online most recently in Colorado

Newest first

#	Wind farm	County	Year online	Capacity
1	Dusty Rose Wind	Kit Carson County	2026	502 MW
2	Bronco Plains Wind II, LLC	Kit Carson County	2023	200 MW
3	Panorama Wind, LLC	Weld County	2022	145 MW
4	Niyol Wind, LLC	Logan County	2021	206 MW
5	Crossing Trails Wind Power Project LLC.	Kit Carson County	2021	104 MW
6	Mountain Breeze Wind, LLC	Weld County	2020	172 MW
7	Bronco Plains Wind, LLC	Kit Carson County	2020	300 MW
8	Cheyenne Ridge Wind Farm	Cheyenne County	2020	498 MW
9	Busch Ranch II Wind Farm	Huerfano County	2019	59 MW
10	Rush Creek Wind	Elbert County	2018	600 MW

The developer behind each project is on paid plans. See plans

How Cleanview tracks wind farms

Operating wind farms come from the EIA's monthly survey of power plants. Planned projects come from the grid operators' interconnection queues. We research who is developing each one, since a queue lists a project company, not its owner.

Questions about wind farms in Colorado

How many wind farms are in Colorado?: Colorado has 34 operating utility-scale wind farms with 5.9 GW of capacity, according to the EIA's monthly survey of power plants.
What is the largest wind farm in Colorado?: Rush Creek Wind in Elbert County, Colorado is the largest, at 600 MW. It came online in 2018.
How many wind farms were built in Colorado in 2025?: 0 wind farms came online in Colorado in 2025, with 0 MW of capacity.
Who is developing wind farms in Colorado?: Interconnection queues list each project under a project company, not the developer behind it. Cleanview researches the developer of every project and has them on paid plans.